Alan Rickman Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
27th August 2015
Fact: GALAXY QUEST, the quirky 1999 Star Trek spoof that featured Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Tim Allen, is to be reborn as an online series at Amazon. Executives at the streaming outlet have partnered with Paramount Television on the project.
5th November 2014
Fact: Alan Rickman is to be honoured with the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award at the Camerimage International Festival of Cinematography in Poland later this month (Nov14).
17th October 2014
Quote: "It was a nervous night, I can tell you. It was about one o'clock in the morning and she was about 14 weeks (pregnant) at the time. But she's game for everything. That woman is a pro." Alan Rickman on having to direct his Sense And Sensibility co-star Kate Winslet in period drama A Little Chaos. In the scene in question, the actress had to dive into ice cold water, despite being pregnant with her third child Bear.
12th July 2011
Quote: "It's only in the last couple of years that I've realised how amazing the cast is. In the early days, I just thought of them mostly as a load of old people - mostly friendly, sometimes intimidating... I was terrified of Alan Rickman because he stayed in character all the time." Rupert Grint on working with Britain's biggest stars in the Harry Potter film franchise.
16th November 2010
Quote: "He actually cut short his holiday so he could see me in Equus on Broadway." Daniel Radcliffe is firm friends with his Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman.
30th June 2010
Fact: Harry Potter stars Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson are reuniting for a new TV movie, entitled The Song Of Lunch, for the BBC later this year (10).
8th May 2009
Fact: British actors Jude Law, Colin Firth, and Alan Rickman will head an all-star tribute to late playwright Harold Pinter in London next month (June09). The trio will read from the works of Pinter, who died in December (08) aged 78.
5th December 2008
Quote: "You lose your mind, all power of thought goes, which is often useful." Actor Alan Rickman on his love for rollercoasters.
30th May 2008
Fact: DAME Judi Dench and British actress Honor Blackman make up the perfect female voice, according to a new study. The research, conducted by linguistics at Sheffield University, England, claims the most appealing male voice is made from a combination of actors Alan Rickman, Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon's tones.
4th January 2007
Quote: "Hollywood exists on a trinity of products - popcorn, coke and the movie. I'm not quite sure what means the most to them." Actor Alan Rickman explains why he's wary of signing up for Tinseltown projects.
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